Driving Tests
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people (a) sat their practical driving test and (b) used dual control cars in each of the last 5 years for which data is available.
Answered by Department for Transport
The table below shows the number of candidates who took a car practical driving test in each of the last 5 financial years, and how many of them took at least one test in a car with dual controls.
Year | Number of candidates who took a test | Number of candidates who used dual controls at least once |
2021/22 | 1,013,920 | 837,995 |
2022/23 | 1,081,436 | 893,681 |
2023/24 | 1,193,117 | 968,557 |
2024/25 | 1,184,124 | 954,803 |
2025/26 | 1,303,986 | 1,045,121 |
Please note:
- Where a person took tests in multiple years, they will be counted once in each year.
- As the count is based on a candidate’s driver number, if a candidate changed their driver number and took multiple tests in the same year, each number will be counted separately.
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